Garment bag



Jan. 8, v1946. l J. H. VINEBERG GARMENT BAG Filed May 51, 1943 llll slip olii the hanger.

Patented Jan. 8, '1946 UNITED srATEsf-iiATE-NT OFFICE GARMENT BAG Joseph Hirsch Vineberg, Ottawa, Ontario,

Canad Application May 31, 1943, Serial No. 489,220

2 Claims. t (Cl. 20G-7) rIhis invention relates to garment bags and `particularly `to those in which the garment is to be supported on a hanger.

simply hung on a conventional hanger which is slipped into an open topped bag, the upper corners of the latter being folded over at an angle towards each other and secured in that position by some auxiliary means so that the bagwill not Conventional hangers are expensive and the cheapest of them are, moreover, made of materials which in present circumstances are hard to obtain, Apart from this .disadvantage from the retailers point of View, the present arrangement is by no means entirely satisfactory from the customers point of View. The folded corners must generally be secured in some permanent way, as by glue, because an easily removable fastening such as a pin might easily penetrate and mark thegarment;y Thus the bag can generally be removed only by tearing it and so destroying its utility for its intended purposanamely, dust protection. Often, how- ',ever, particularly in the case of garments not frequently worn, it would be advantageous to be able to replace the bag, as a dust cover, in the intervals between times when the garment is Worn.

According to the present invention an arrangement is provided which avoids all these disadvantages both from the retailers and customers point of View. It permits the-use of an inexpensive hanger of cardboard and the like, eliminates the necessity of an auxiliary securing means, and permits convenient removal of the garment from the bag without destruction of the latter. The garment bag according to the invention has longitudinal slits down its edges from its upper open end to provide two downwardly foldable portions. In these portions is formed a pair of opposed downwardly foldable naps, while a similar pair of opposed upwardly foldable flaps of the same size as the downwardly foldable aps is Aformed in the sides of the bag at a distance below the bottoms of the slits equal to the distance above these bottoms at which the downwardly foldable flaps are formed. A hanger member which may be of cardboard, heavy stiliened paper or the like, is adapted to fit in the bag and is composed of a hanger portion and a body portion with an opening through the body portion formed at substantially the same distance below the top of this portion as the distance below the bottoms oaf the slits at which the upwardly foldable flaps are formed, so that when the foldable portions are folded downinto the bag all of the ilaps and the opening register with each other and the flaps may be folded around the part of the body portion of theL hanger above the opening to embrace that portion and hold the hanger in place. In this way an opening is .left through. the sides ofk the bag and the hanger which enables the hanger and bag to be grasped together, so that the bag is carried and the hanger is supportedin position at the same time'. The invention will be described in more detail by referenceto the attached drawing in which, p Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a bag with a hanger of one type in position;

Figure 2 is a partial longitudinal section showing the preliminary folding operation;

type of l folrzling operations completed;

, Figure 6 is a partial longitudinal section of the bag of Figure -5 with the folding operations complete, and

Figure 7 is a plan view of the bag of Figure 6 ready to carry.

The bag I0 in Figure 1 is the ordinary type of 4 garment bag, made of light paper and closed at the bottom and open at the top. It is Vnrade slightly longer than normal and longitudinal slits .II are cut down its edges from the upper open end to provide two downwardly foldable portions I2 and I3 at the top of the bag In these portions are formed a pair of opposed aps I4 and i5 which are connected to the main body of the portions I2 and I3 along their lower ends Ma and I5o, so that they are downwardly foldable.

These ilaps are shown in dotted linesl in Figure 1 as .slightly opened out, so as clearly to illustrate their position and relation to the portions I2 and I3 respectively. Below the bottoms I1 of the slits I I a similar pair off opposed flaps I8 and I9 are formed in the sides 20 and ZI respectively of the bag, these naps being connected to the sides along their upper ends 22 and 23 and being thus upwardly foldable. The aps I8 and I9 are formed at the same distance below the bottoms VI or the slits I I as the flaps I4 and I 5 are formed above these botto-ms, the distance thus from the dotted line 24 to, for example, the lower end Ha of the flap I4 being equal to the distance from the dotted line 24 to the upper end 22 of the flap I8. Y

Fitting within the bag I is a hanger member 25 which hasV an upper body portion 26 and a lower hanger portion 21. Formed in the body portion 26 is an opening 28 which is formed at f substantially the same distance below the top 29 Yof the body portion as the distance below the bottoms I1 of the slits Il at which the flaps I8y Y and YI9 are formed. Thus it will be noted that Y theV upper edge 30 of the opening 28 lies substantially in line with the upper edge 22 of the flap I-8 whenrthe upper edge 29 of the body portion of thehanger substantially coincides with the line 24. The opening 28 may be completely cut out'or flaps lwhich canbe folded out of Vthe wayV may be left in it.

The description thus far is applicable as well to the modiiication of Figures 1-4 as to the modif flcation of Figures 5 and 6. It will be noted that in Figures 1 4 the hanger is formed of two thicknesses of material which are connected and folded one vupon the other only along the lower edge 3| of the hanger portion 27. This construe# tion enables the use of a comparatively thin stock Vbe hung up through the 'opening 32Y in the same Vway as the present combination. If desired, the

bag may be scored at the lower end, either all the way round so that the whole closed bottom may be removed or as shown in Figure 7 to form a tear strip 33'. By removing the closed bottom of the Vbag or the tear strip along the scoreline, the cusfor the hanger instead of the heavier cardboard Y which would otherwise be required, and the use of which is shown in Figure 5.

y When the doublev thickness hanger is used, one half is held againstrone side kand the other half against the other side of the bag. After the hanger with a garment hung on it has been Vinserted in the bag to the position shown in Figure 1, the foldable portions I2 and I3 are folded down to the Vposition shown in Figure 2 and the iiaps I 4 and I5 are folded up through the open'- ings 28a and 28h in the two sides of the hanger to lieY between these sides of the hanger and the vsides 28 and 2| of the bag, the position of the parts then being that shown in Figure 2. The final operation consistsin folding the flaps I8V and I9 inward and upward so that they assume Vthefposition shown inl Figure Y3 and lie against each other on the one side and against the lower part of the foldable portions I2 and I3`respec- .The position of the tively, on the otherside. Y parts is then that shown in Figure 4, where vit will be noted that aY clear opening 32 is left through the bag and the hanger to provide a con-4 venient hand grip. When the bag is carried byr 'this hand gripV vthe hanger is supported Vin the hand andV there is very little strain on the bag itself.V A

In lthe arrangement of Figures 5 and 6 the preferred manner of holding the hanger in place tomer may allow the lower part of the garment toY hang freely from the hanger while at least partially covered by the bag for dust protection.

. What 1 claim as my invention is:V

Y 1; A garment bag having longitudinal slits down the edges from the upper open end to provide two downwardly and inwardly foldable por tions, a pair of opposed downwardly foldable flaps 'formed in said portions, a similar pair of opposed upwardly foldable flaps of the same size as said downwardly foldable apsformed in the sides of said bag at a distance below the bottoms of said slits equal to the distance above said bottoms atA which said downwardly foldable flaps are formed, ahanger member positioned between the inwardly foldable portions,r said hanger member `being composed of a hanger portion anda body portion having an opening Vtherethrough of a size to receive said flaps, said hanger memberV fitting in'said bag with the opening at substantially the same distance below the bottoms of' said slits as the upwardly folding flaps, whereby when said foldable portions are folded down into the bag, all yof said aps and said opening willregister with each other and said aps may i be folded around the upper part of the body portion of the hanger to embrace the same and hold the hanger in place. V

2. A garment bag according to claim 1, in which the hanger is formed of two thicknesses of material connected and folded one upon the other only along the lower edge of the hanger portion, whereby the two thicknesses may be separately embraced by flaps formed in thetwo sides of the bag. Y

JOSEPH HIRSCH VINEBERG.

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